Session 16 Assessment and Intervention SECTION 5: 1 Behaviour - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Session 16 Assessment and Intervention SECTION 5: 1 Behaviour

When you work with adults with behaviour that challenges, you will need: • to collect information about behaviour • to try out strategies to see if they work • to follow programmes very consistently • to keep records about how programmes work in practice SECTION 5: 2 Behaviour

A staged approach Stage 1 Concern is raised about a challenging behaviour and the impact it is having on the adult’s life and on the lives of other people who interact with that person.. Stage 2 Initial information is shared between family members and staff to try to understand the problem and decide whether action needs to be taken Stage 3 A list of all the positive things in the adult’s life is drawn up so these can be built on when trying to change what is happening Stage 4 Further information is collected through assessments, observations and through testing out hunches about what might be the causes and functions of the behaviour. Outside agencies may be involved. Stage 5 Interventions are worked out on three levels: 1.Prevention : making sure that the triggers for the behaviour are removed. They may be able to be reintroduced later. 2.Managing the behaviour : deciding how everyone will react when the behaviour occurs (particularly trying not to react in a way that inadvertently will make the behaviour more likely to happen again) 3.Learning new behaviours : helping the adult to learn more acceptable ways of communicating or how to relax or how to manage difficult situations him or herself Stage 6 Monitoring and evaluating the interventions SECTION 5: 3 Behaviour

Jane • Jane is 24 and has Down Syndrome. • Read about her strengths and difficulties in the text. SECTION 5: 4 Behaviour

Summary • Summarize Jane’s strengths • Summarize Jane’s behavioural difficulties • Summarize the areas covered in the behavioural assessment. Would you want any other areas to be investigated? SECTION 5: 5 Behaviour

Intervention to help Jane with her fear of dogs Level 1: Prevention What are the main areas that need to be part of the prevention plan? Do your ideas agree with the ones in the text or would you want to do things differently? SECTION 5: 6 Behaviour

Intervention Level 3: Management and Safety Who is at risk if Jane panics when she sees a dog? How can everyone be kept safe? Do your ideas agree with the ones in the text or would you want to do things differently? SECTION 5: 7 Behaviour